India, April 4 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Iran downing an Air Force F-15E jet won't derail the talks to end the war, while remaining tight-lipped on what Washington will do in the worst case scenario of the missing crew member being harmed.

Calling it "a war", Trump said Iran's actions won't impact the talks. "No, not at all. No, it's war," he told NBC News.

In another brief interview with The Independent, Trump said he could not comment on what his course of action might be if Iranian forces get to the downed airman, the first American aviator to be shot down over enemy territory since an A-10 "Warthog" pilot ejected into Iraq after being struck by a surface-to-air missile in April 2003, just weeks into Operation ...